Mercedes-AMG One Smashes Nurburgring Lap File

The Mercedes-AMG One lapped the 12.92-mile (20.8-kilometer) configuration of the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 6 minutes 35.183 seconds to smash the report for manufacturing autos across the well-known observe. A Porsche 911 GT2 RS with Manthey Racing upgrades beforehand held the title with a time of 6 minutes 43.0 seconds. This makes the One 7.817 seconds faster across the course.

Within the barely shorter 12.8-mile (20.6-kilometer) configuration, the One’s time was 6:30.705. For comparability, the GT2 RS earlier report holder lined the space in 6:38.835.

The Mercedes One set the report on October 28, 2022, and the timing prompted some challenges. When the crew began, the Nordschleife nonetheless had damp sections, together with on the perfect line in some areas. When situations lastly improved, Mercedes had lower than an hour remaining within the block of time with the observe to itself. Driver Maro Engel was solely capable of do 4 quick laps.

Engel already set a brand new report earlier than time ran out, however observe situations stored enhancing. He went out for one final lap and managed to go even faster.

“I didn’t anticipate that we’d be capable to set such a lap time with these observe situations. In some essential areas of the observe, it hadn’t dried utterly but and was subsequently difficult. That was a particular problem,” Engel mentioned.

Mercedes employed a notary to substantiate this AMG One was a production-spec automobile. The automotive’s setup included setting the suspension’s camber values for the wheels on the most supply tolerances. Mercedes says it might be attainable for an proprietor to arrange the automobile similar to the record-setting machine.

The AMG One has a complete output of 1,049 horsepower (782 kilowatts) coming from a Components-One-derived 1.6-liter V6 and 4 electrical motors. The automotive can attain 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) in 2.9 seconds and 124 mph (200 kph) in 7.0 seconds. The highest velocity is 219 mph (352 kph). When going across the ‘Ring, Engel managed to take the One to 210 mph (338 kph) on the lengthy Döttinger Höhe part of the Nordschleife.

Mercedes is making simply 275 examples of the One. Buyer deliveries of the hypercar started in August.